BREAKING: Tory MP Dan Poulter defects to the Labour party, saying the Conservatives have become a nationalist party of the right and have abandoned compassion and the NHS 👇🏼

“I find it increasingly difficult to look my NHS colleagues in the eye”

Former Conservative minister and MP Dr Dan Poulter has quit his party to join Labour. He tells #BBCLauraK he believes that Keir Starmer can be trusted to run public services

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Has Suella spoken out to condemn the far-right violence that occurred around Westminster today?

Thought not!

‘She is by far the most dangerous candidate I have ever faced.’
‘That is an outrageous comment.’

Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall go head-to-head.

Michael Tomlinson very tetchy here.

Perhaps a late night at Rishi’s drinks soirée?

Though on the other hand, performative cruelty must be quite exhausting

Celebratory drinks with the Tories while they vote down sensible amendments on an abhorrent gimmick of a Bill. About sums up this government.

NOT a good look!

Let’s have Pimms and Sherry whilst we pass a dehumanising bill which will further demonise the most vulnerable in society, some of whom risked everything to support our armed forces in Afghanistan.

You couldn’t make it up!

So to summarise, at the same time as the Conservative party was loudly demanding a police investigation into the sale of Angela Rayner's council house, they were deliberately sitting on serious allegations of fraud against one of their own MPs

Here is Rishi Sunak setting back the campaign for mental health parity at least a decade.

This is un-evidenced, performative cruelty.

It's disgusting.

If anyone wonders why the Conservatives are going to lose the next election, sending people like David Davies out to speak to opponents like this on national tv is just as detrimental as any policy failing

Allegations against Mark Menzies raise serious Qs:

- How long have Tories been aware, why no action?
- Why was Menzies allowed to voluntarily relinquish the whip instead of having it removed?
- £000s has allegedly been taken from campaign funds for medical expenses - has it…

So, James Daly MP , what time can we expect your demand for a police investigation into Mr Menzies?

Johnny knows that Afghans are left to be tortured by the Taliban. He knows they’re in small boats & they have no other routes out, or they’re stuck in Pakistan. He knows the Taliban are hunting them.

And he plays the ‘trust me’ card. He’s one of the most monstrous of them all.

Hi Johnny 👋🏻

Veteran here

Why has the government which you are part of dumped all over the people that WE worked with? Have you no shame?

Interpreters, judges, mechanics etc etc forced into exile and hiding in Pakistan. Where are these safe routes you speak of?

Tory MPs just voted to insist that Afghan interpreters who served British armed forces can be sent to Rwanda.

A scheme which costs £2m per asylum seeker. A £500m+ scheme for less than 1% of asylum seekers. Which now includes those who worked with our troops

Shameful & shambolic

Keir Starmer responds to jibes from Rishi Sunak over Angela Rayner's tax affairs:

'We've got a billionaire prime minister whose family used schemes to avoid millions of pounds of tax smearing a working class woman'

It beggars belief that the Prime Minister could send Afghans who served alongside British troops to Rwanda.

Today the Lords have voted yet again to try to stop this from happening.

Tonight Luke Pollard MP and I have written to Ministers urging them to do the right thing.

A moment of pride for the grandchildren.

Please read this twice.